Ubiquity

.—It is curious to hear priests talk of
the ubiquity of the Deity, and yet at the same time
furiously deny his material existence. What is
this in fact but denying his existence at all? For,
if the Deity is a spirit, the Deity is nothing, or a non-entity;
for a spirit is nothing which can either be
described or pencilled. Therefore there is no God
(according to their dogmas) unless it can be supposed
that there is an immaterial something floating
about, which however occupies no space, has no
parts, no solidity, extension, nor any other properties
of matter, and yet this nothing is something, and
possesses volition to real action. Priests only make
this problem; they alone can solve it. However
they may reason away any difficulties of this kind;
they can never, with any face, deny that there is in
England a ubiquity of priests who cringe, fawn,
and tyrannize; that there is an ubiquity of spies and
informers, who live by calumny and perjury; an
ubiquity of loyal magistrates who support them; and
lastly, an ubiquity of treasury gold which supports
them all.